Democratic members of San Antonio's congressional delegation joined immigrant-rights groups in railing against President Joe Biden’s Tuesday executive order, which places daily caps on asylum requests at official points of entry.
A group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum walk down a road beside the Rio Grande River to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, warned that the order, if allowed to go into effect, would embolden future presidents — especially Republicans — to"choke off" the right to migrants to pursue legitimate asylum cases. “Before we blame asylum seekers for fleeing hunger and violence, we should first end U.S. policies that contribute to starvation and instability in their home countries,” Casar said in a statement.
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